could anyone tell me in sone detaile what entropy is?

matty443 | 17:54 Tue 24th Oct 2006 | Science

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could anyone tell me in sone detaile what entropy is? ty

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Clanad

The tendency for all things to deteriorate over time...and is central to the second law of thermodynamics. Entropy is symbolized by the letter S, by the way...

Gef

Entropy is a measure of the amount of disorder of a system.

In ice each water molecule is held firmly in place and the entropy is relatively low. Liquid water has a higher entropy as the water molecules have restricted movement. Water vapour has a much higher entropy as the molecules can move about freely.

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thank you

ugly_bob

Gef's first sentence is the definition i'm used to, but from a mathematical/electronic perspective, such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_coding

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